Healthy Black Bean Brownies | No Sugar, Vegan, Gluten-Free

These super Healthy Black Bean Brownies are made without sugar, they are naturally vegan AND gluten-free, but without any strange ingredients! These were one of my creations for the Farmers’ Market I sold at a few years ago, always trying to offer what my clients wanted! 😉 I’ve made it a few times and it seemed to be a success, even with a young girl who told me she was glad that it had no sugar in it because she always gets headaches when she eats sugar and she doesn’t like it. That was one of the best comments I heard coming from a kid! And the best part was when she came back 15 min later to buy a second piece! 🙂

Healthy Black Bean Brownies | No Sugar, Vegan, Gluten-Free

For those who are not familiar with all those descriptive expressions in the title, here’s a quick summary:

Vegan: means that no animal product or by-product is used, so no milk, no butter, no eggs, not even any honey

Sugar-free/No sugar: that simply means that no sugar of any kind has been used, not even maple syrup or honey

Gluten-free: no flour or any other ingredient used contains any gluten

These brownies are diabetic-friendly because they contain no sugar at all. They’re also great if you’re doing a sugar detox.

Diabetic-Friendly Lucuma Powder

Have you ever heard of lucuma powder? It’s a great ingredient to have in your kitchen, especially if you’re trying to reduce your sugar consumption, or if you have someone with diabetes in your family. One of the benefits of lucuma is that it doesn’t raise your blood sugar levels. It’s a whole food ingredient, meaning you get all the nutrients from it, and the powder is made from ground up lucuma fruit. The lucuma tree is native of Peru. A study has even shown that lucuma might have anti-inflammatory benefits, as well as help to regenerate our skin faster, which can help in wound healing and aging.

Above all, this is made with healthy wholesome ingredients! As some of my clients described it at the market, they’re “Guilt-free brownies”!

Enjoy!

ECP xo

P.S. If you’re ok eating a little bit of maple syrup, I highly recommend drizzling some Salted Maple Caramel Sauce on top for a scrumptious treat!

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Healthy Black Bean Brownies | No Sugar, Vegan, Gluten-Free

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Prep Time:10minutes

Cook Time:25minutes

Total Time:35minutes

Servings:9servings

These super Healthy Black Bean Brownies are made with No Sugar, Vegan and Gluten-Free! Perfect for most restrictive diets! Diabetic-friendly.

Ingredients

398mlblack beans 1 can, drained and rinsed

1/2cupextra-virgin olive oil

200gmelted baking chocolate

1Tbsppure organic vanilla extract

1/4cupnut milk or other plant-based milk

1/2cupwhole raw hazelnutsground in a coffee grinder

1/4cuptapioca starchor GMO-free cornstarch

2/3cuplucuma powderthis is a great sugar replacement that is a whole food, not an extract

1/2tspfine grey sea salt

1/2cupraw organic walnutscoarsely chopped

Toppings (optional)

1/4cupraw hazelnuts + walnutschopped

1/3cupfresh organic berries

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8-inch baking pan with a small amount of olive oil, and set aside.

In a blender or food processor, combine the black beans and olive oil. Then add the melted chocolate, vanilla, and nut milk, and blend until smooth. (Alternatively, if you don't have a blender or food processor, simply warm up the beans to soften them and mash them with a fork. Add the olive oil, melted chocolate, and vanilla, and mash together.)

Scrape the mixture into a mixing bowl. Add the ground hazelnuts, tapioca starch, lucuma powder, sea salt, and mix until smooth. Stir in the walnut pieces, if using.

Scrape the batter into the prepared pan. Add chopped nuts on top if using. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Let cool in the pan completely, then refrigerate for a few hours before cutting into 9 squares.

Recipe Notes

Store in an airtight container, up to 3 days.

Although this recipe calls for lucuma powder, you can substitute it with 1/2 cup organic cane sugar or maple syrup, if sugar is not a concern.

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